OB Legal 027 (P257838)

Legal tablet excavated in Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah), dated to the Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC) period and now kept in Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

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Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Museum Number

CBS 00390

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal (Account of delivery of barley; 6X1X7 lines)

Language(s)

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tablet
obverse
1. _4(asz) gur zu2-lum_ dam#-qu2#
2. _gu2-un {gesz}kiri6_
3. sza mu-na-wi-ir-tum
4. _ugu_ {d}bu-ne2-<ne2>-a-bi
5. u3 ta-ra-am-{d}iszkur
6. u4-um _buru14-sze3_
7. _iti_ sza-du-tim
reverse
1. _4(asz) gur sze_
2. i-na _{gesz}ban2_ {d}utu
3. _i3-ag2-e_
4. _igi_ qa2-aq-qa2-da-num
5. _igi_ la-ma-si2
6. _igi_ hu-ra-s,a-tum
7. _igi#_ ma-da-at-{d}utu

Consult previous versions and their differences
Consult sign list of Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
Consult word list of Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • Genre(s): Legal (Account of delivery of barley; 6X1X7 lines)
  • Language(s):

  • primary: OLA 21, 27

    [vanLerberghe1986OLA21] Van Lerberghe, Karel. 1986. Old Babylonian Legal and Administrative Texts from Philadelphia. Orientalia Lovaniensia Analecta 21. Leuven: Peeters.

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  • Museum No.: CBS 00390
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-01-19 at 10:20:17 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie approved View
2021-06-02 at 10:24:04 Woestenburg, Els Atf Woestenburg, Els CDLI approved View
2005-04-25 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Englund, Robert K.; Fitzgerald, Madeleine; Foxvog, Daniel A.; Frayne, Douglas R.; Peterson, Jeremiah; Veldhuis, Niek; Zimmermann, Lynn-Salammbô Penn Museum CDLI approved View

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Cite this Artifact
“OB Legal 027 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P257838.
OB Legal 027 artifact entry (No. P257838). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P257838 (Original work published 2005)
OB Legal 027 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P257838 (Accessed: May 1, 2025).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-05-01]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {OB {Legal} 027 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P257838},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P257838},
}


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